Canada's National Men's Summer Under-18 Team Set for Opening of 2008 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka Tournament in Slovakia and Czech Republic

NR.109.08
|
August 11, 2008
|

PIESTANY, SLOVAKIA – Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team will begin its quest for gold on Tuesday, August 12 as the 2008 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament begins.

Canada, which has won this tournament three of the past four years, will open the event against Switzerland in Group B action in Piestany, Slovakia on Tuesday, August 12 (3 p.m. local time, 9 a.m. EDT). It will be the first of three games in three days for Canada, which faces Sweden on Wednesday, August 13 and Slovakia on Thursday, August 14.

The top team from Pool A will face the top team from Pool B in the gold medal game on August 16. The two second-place teams will meet for bronze.

Canada played two exhibition games in preparation for the tournament, defeating the United States 6-4 on Saturday and beating the Czech Republic 4-2 on Sunday.

There will be no TV or radio coverage of the event but fans can follow all of the action with web updates at www.hockeycanada.ca. Hockey Canada’s official website is also the place to find game summaries, stories, and other features. Among the features online is E-mail Your Favourite Player, where fans can send well wishes to Canada’s players and staff.

Media enquiries for Canada’s players and staff should be directed to Chris Jurewicz, Hockey Canada’s coordinator of communications. He can be reached at 011 372 53 386 941. He can also be reached via e-mail at [email protected].

For more information:

Esther Madziya
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 284-6484 

[email protected] 

Spencer Sharkey
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 777-4567

[email protected]

Jeremy Knight
Manager, Corporate Communications
Hockey Canada

(647) 251-9738

[email protected]

Recent News
Most Popular
Videos
Photos
HCC: One For All in Yellowknife
One For All celebrated women’s hockey with more than 300 participants.
2024 NWT Rivalry Series: CAN 6 – USA 1 (Game 7)
Spooner and Maltais scored twice to lead Canada to win the series.
2023-24 NWT: CAN 3 – USA 0 (Game 6)
Maschmeyer made 27 saves for the shutout to tie the Rivalry Series.
2023-24 NWT: CAN 4 – USA 2 (Game 5)
Bell, Fast and Stacey scored late to help Canada stay alive.
Schedule